Chinese Teenagers Are Toiling in the Foreign-Owned Sweatshops of the Special Economic Zones

"Recently her hours grew even more oppressive: To meet the holiday demand for Ghostbutsers, Big Hauler trains, and Mickey Mouse dolls, the girls at the Kader plan were ordered to put in one or two 24-hours shifts, with only two meal breaks, each month. . . ."

Description: This piece is provided for comparison purposes. Then Business Week editor Steve Shepard pressed the reporter to find another way -- not going undercover as an employee -- to get inside information about the sweatshops producing foreign goods in China. "And," said Shepard, "she did."